Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Where to begin developing the art of thinking

“I really like your today's talk. My question is: From where to begin? What should be the starting point of developing the art of thinking?”Asked by Bilal, Jodhpur

He answers at 45:27 in Art of Thinking · 4 min 4 sec

His answer, in his own words
45:27
sawal aaya hai Jodhpur se Bilal sahib ka aur unhone likha hai: "Maulana, I really like your today talk. My question is from where to begin? What should be the starting point of developing the art of thinking?" dekhiye, study karna, sochna, koi criticize kare aap ko to us ko positive mein lena, introspection karna, apni degrading karna, yeh ek process hai. yaad rakhiye, koi goli nahi ke aap kha lein aur woh cheez haasil ho jaye. ek poora process hai jo aap ko apne andar chalana padta hai.
46:21
to is ke culmination ka naam hai right way of thinking. to jo aadmi is ka hareese ho ke is ke andar sahi sochne ka tareeqa aa jaye taake is ki zindagi sachi zindagi bane. aur sab se bari incentive jo is mein hai woh yeh hai ke Quran mein hai ke fi maqad siddiq inda malik muqtadir. yani akhirat mein aise log sachai ki seat par jagah payenge. maqad siddiq mani seat of truth. akhirat mein jab Allah ka zahoor hoga to wahan aise log maqad siddiq par jagah payenge.
47:15
yani seat of truth par jagah payenge. to is ke liye apne ko yani ek ek intellectual sacrifice ka ek course se guzarna padega. ya yani yeh aasani se nahi aa sakta. is ke liye ek it requires an intellectual sacrifice. yani physical sacrifice nahi, intellectual sacrifice. woh kya hai?
47:58
sochna, bolne se zyada sochna, apni degrading karna, introspection karna, rethinking karna, apni priorities ko reset karna, apne wahm se bahar aa kar sochna, apne bias ko khatam karna aur barabar sochna, barabar sochna, plus dua karna, dua karna, Quran padhna. to ek process hai yeh.
48:37
is process ko main keh raha hoon ke intellectual sacrifice. kyunke is mein aap ko bohat baar apne marz ke khilaaf sochna padega, apne wahm ko todna padega, apne ego ko khatam karna padega. yeh sab karna padega. to yeh hai intellectual sacrifice. to phir is ka culmination hota hai right way of thinking. jab right way of think aa jayegi tab aap ke andar woh zindagi banegi, woh sachai ki zindagi jo aap ko is baat ke liye yani deserving karrandar banayegi ke aap akhirat mein maqad siddiq par yani seat of truth par jagah payein. Maulana, agla sawal Delhi se hai Dr. Farhat Nasreen ka aur unhone likha hai: "How do we handle a feeling that we should have done a certain thing differently and how do we handle regrets from the past?
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